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Class |
10th |
Board
Paper Pattern for session (2023-24) |
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Marks |
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1 |
Two Unseen Passages |
10+10 |
20 |
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2 |
Letter/Application (do any one
from two) |
5 |
5 |
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3 |
Story/Report/Paragraph (Do any 1 from 2) |
5 |
5 |
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4 |
Grammar (Punctuation, Article,
Verb, Modal, Non-Finite, Narration) |
10x1 |
10 |
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5 |
Prose Passages (any 1 from 2) |
5 |
5 |
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6 |
Essay Type from Prose (any 1 from
2) |
6 |
6 |
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7 |
Short Type (any 2 from 3) |
2x3 |
6 |
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8 |
Stanza from Poems (any 1 from 2) |
5x1 |
5 |
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9 |
Short Type (any 2 from 3) |
2x3 |
6 |
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10 |
Essay Type from Suppl. (any 1
from 2) |
6 |
6 |
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11 |
Short Type (any 3 from 4) |
2x3 |
6 |
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Total |
80 |
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Syllabus
for Session (2023-24) |
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Book |
Ch. |
Name |
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Prose |
1 |
A Letter To God |
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2 |
Nelson Mandela |
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3 |
(a) His First Flight (b) The Black Aeroplane |
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4 |
From the Diary of Anne Frank |
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7 |
I- A Baker from Goa, II- Coorg, III- Tea From Assam |
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8 |
Mijbil the Otter | ||
9 |
Madam Rides the Bus |
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10 |
The Sermon at Benares |
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11 |
The Proposal |
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Poem |
1 |
Dust of Snow |
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2 |
Fire and Snow |
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3 |
A Tiger in the Zoo |
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4 |
How to tell wild animals |
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5 |
The Ball Poem |
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6 |
Amanda |
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8 |
The Trees |
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9 |
Fog |
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10 |
The Tale of Custard the Dragon |
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Suppl. |
1 |
A Triumph of Surgery |
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2 |
The Thief's Story |
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3 |
The Midnight Visitor |
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4 |
A Question of Trust |
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5 |
Footprints Without Feet |
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6 |
The Making of a Scientist |
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7 |
The Necklace |
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9 |
Bholi |
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10 |
The Book that Saved the Earth |
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Road Safety |
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Grammar |
Punctuation, Article, Verb,
Modals, Non-Finite, Narration, Clauses, Interview, Use of Idioms, Figure of
Speech |
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Composition |
Business/Personal Letters, Applications, Story, Report,
Advertisement |
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Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?
Where was Lencho’s house situated?
What ‘twin obligations’ does Mandela mention?
How did Mandela’s’ hunger for freedom’ change his life?
How was 10th May a special day in South Africa?
What does Mandela mean by ‘transitory freedoms’?
Why were two national anthems sung?
When did the seagull’s flight begin? And where did it end?
When did the seagull get over his fear of the water?
How did the young seagull’s parents teach him the art of flying?
What makes writing a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?
Why does Anne want to keep a diary?
What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about?
Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?
Who invites the comment – ‘he is dressed like a pader’? Why?
How can you say that bread-making is still popular in Goa?
What is Coorg famous for? What is the best season to visit Coorg?
Why does Maxwell go to Basra? How long does he wait there and why?
Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter?
Why does the conductor call Valli ‘madam’?
What was Valli’s favourite pastime?
How did Siddhartha Gautama get the name of Buddha?
Where did Buddha preach his first sermon?
Who was Kisa Gotami? Why did she come to Gautama Buddha?
Do you think Kisa Gotami was ‘selfish in her grief’?
Write a note on the title of the play ‘The Proposal’.
Why is Natalya is so anxious to marry Lomov?
- Why did Lencho write a letter to God?
- Describe how the young seagull made his maiden flight.
- ‘Paper has more patience than people’. Elucidate.
- Write a short paragraph on Anne’s character.
- What was the importance of the baker in the village? What kind of dress did he wear?
- Where is Coorg situated? What is it famous for?
- Describe the author’s experience with the otter in the aircraft.
- Give brief character sketch of Valli.
- Bring out the humorous elements in the one act play, ‘The Proposal’.
What is ‘dust of snow’? What does the poet say has changed his mood? How has the poet’s mood change?Where was the crow sitting? What did it shake on the poet?
What is the main idea of the poem 'Fire and Ice'?
How does the tiger terrify the villagers?
What message does the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’ give?
How can you distinguish a crocodile from a hyena?
What is the main idea of John Berryman’s poem, ‘The Ball Poem?
Is Amanda an orphan? Why does she say so?
Why does Amanda want to be Rapunzel?
What is the central Idea of the poem, ‘Amanda’?
What is the theme of the poem ‘The Tees’?
Why does the poet compare the branches with newly discharged patients?
How does the poet compare the fog with the cat?
Where did Belinda live and which animals lived with her?
How is ‘The Tale of Custard the Dragon’ a ballad?
What colour is the young woman’s hair? What does she say she can change it to? Why would she want to do so?
What is the central idea of the poem’ For Anne Gregory’?
Why is Mrs. Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
Why does Mrs. Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is ‘a triumph of surgery’?
Why was Mr. Herriot shocked at Tricki’s appearance?
From which real disease was Tricki suffering from?
Does Anil realize that he has been robbed?
Who is ‘I’ in this story? Why did he change his name every months?
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
Why did Fowler want to meet Ausable? Why was he disillusioned?
How did Ausable get rid of Max?
How many times did Horace Danby make a theft in a year? Why?
Why was Mrs. Hall found the scientist eccentric?
What curious episode occurs in the study?
Why were the two boys in London surprised and fascinated?
What are the qualities that go into the making of a scientist?
How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?
What kind of a person Mme Loisel? Why is he always unhappy?
How was Mrs. Loisel a ‘mistake of destiny’?
What was the cause of Matilda’s endless suffering?
Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?
Why did Bholi’s parents accept Bishamber’s marriage proposal?
Why was Sulekha nicknamed Bholi?
Why was the 20th century called the ‘Era of the Book’?
Who tried to invade the earth in the twenty-first century?